Chairman’s Message: The State of the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
This month’s Chairman’s Statement is an edited version of remarks given by Adm. Dennis Blair at the conclusion of the Sixth Annual Sasakawa USA Security Forum, held on April 24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Adm. Blair provides analysis of the current state of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, cybersecurity, Defense, Japan, maritime security, NDPG, security, Self-Defense Force, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Sixth Annual Sasakawa USA Security Forum
Join Sasakawa USA on April 24, 2019, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., for the Sixth Annual Sasakawa USA Security Forum. The day-long event will feature key experts and officials from government, business, think tanks, and academia as they discuss and debate future challenges for the United States and Japan.
Tags: Abe, admiral dennis blair, Annual Security Forum, China, Defense, energy, foreign policy, indo-pacific strategy, Japan, maritime security, national defense program guidelines, North Korea, security, self-defense forces, Shinzo Abe, trade, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Security Threats in the Western Pacific: A Former III MEF Commander’s Perspective
On February 13, 2019, Sasakawa USA hosted LtGen Lawrence Nicholson (USMC, ret.), former Commander of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (2015-2018), for a Policy Lunch Series event on “Security Threats in the Western Pacific: A Former III MEF Commander’s Perspective.” Chris Rodeman, Research Fellow at Sasakawa USA, moderated the discussion.
Tags: Defense, Japan, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Chairman’s Message: What Japan’s Third National Defense Program Guidelines Should Have Said
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
Although there are many positive features of the NDPG, they are inadequate in the very important area of achieving joint operations by the Self Defense Force. NDPG documents are always the tip of an iceberg, indicating the presence of much more substance unseen below the water line. However even tips of icebergs indicate overall direction and speed. The 2019 NDPG show a positive direction for Japanese joint capabilities, but the speed is disappointingly slow, much too slow for the security environment that the document itself accurately describes.
Tags: Air Defense, Defense, Japan, Japan Self Defense Forces, NDPG, Shinzo Abe, us-japan alliance
‘Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s’ published in the National Journal
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Mackenzie Weinger, Policy Editor for the National Journal, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Weinger published “Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s” in the National Journal on December 19, 2018.
Tags: Defense, Japan, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations